Vice President Burr's political hopes in the East were fading by then. And after he killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel on July 11, they would die completely.

Any theatergoer knows the story of the duel between Vice President Burr and former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in 1804 on the bluffs of Weehawken, N.J. Less well-known were Burr’s ...

Then, as vice president in 1804, Burr shot and killed Federalist Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Burr also presided over the controversial 1805 impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase.

The formal indictment of former President Donald Trump is not without historical precedent. Vice President Aaron Burr was indicted on murder charges in two states in 1804. He was subsequently ...

And the Federalists hated him for killing Hamilton. So as his term as vice president came to an end in 1805, Burr turned his attention to the West, including the Louisiana territory the U.S. had ...

In 1800, when Vice President Jefferson ran against President Adams, both men ran on de facto tickets, each trying to achieve a measure of balance, Adams running with Charles Pinckney of South ...

Illustration of Vice President Aaron Burr. ... Nixon served as the second youngest vice president in history at 39 years old when he won alongside Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953.

The vice president is no longer just the ultimate understudy as was the norm when Daniel Webster was offered the job in 1828. He indignantly replied, “I do not propose to be buried until I am ...

So as his term as vice president came to an end in 1805, Burr turned his attention to the West, including the Louisiana territory the U.S. had just purchased from France.